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Amazing TV cancelled ..... Crap TV continues

posted 12 years ago by UglytheClown
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Why does GOOD TV like this (that is gripping and has you guessing) get cancelled ....... but rip-off, zero suspence TV like FRINGE go on and on?

(Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the 3 creaors behind FRINGE, everyone of them, they are the ONLY reason I watched the STAR TREK reboot (or whatever you waant to call it) but this show is weak sauce. It has good pacing so you don't get bored ..... but there is never anything REAL on the line and so no suspence.

FLASHFORWARD more than deserves a second season.

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[–] jasonstickets 12 years ago

I don't think ANYONE would call flashforward great TV. those who did probably didn't actually watch the show.

[–] UglytheClown 12 years ago

I don't think ANYONE would call flashforward great TV. those who did probably didn't actually watch the show.
Clearly they WOULD as i already DID (not even a SMART troll

Clearly YOU did not watch the show, so why bothering trolling the board?

[–] emmetmcl 12 years ago

[–] UglytheClown 12 years ago

The reason the likes of Fringe continued on and Flash Forward (and The Event) didn't was because it's really continuous, with cliffhangers. If you miss an episode of FF/The Event, you're basically out of the loop. They also require patience, to keep watching and see how the story turns out.
I suppose so (although you could always find it online somewhere to watch) I got bored with THE EVENT so when I missed an episode I just stopped watching without a care so I completely get that.

The likes of Fringe (which I absolutely LOVE) isn't like this, the earlier series in particular are more like CSI, whereby you can miss a few episodes and still know where you're at.
I 'like' FRINGE but find it weak in story telling. The reason I kept watching was to see watch happened to Walter. He was a great characters and very well played. Never seen that guy in anything before.

[–] holmes6 12 years ago

Viewers really. Most shows in or around the sci-fi genre tend to be budget heavy, so need good viewing figures to justify the tv comapnies/studios to continue to support a show. Gameshows and 'talent' contest shows can usually survive with ratings similar to a sci-fi show simply becasue they're much cheaper to make, and thus can continue to justify their continued existence.

Even shows with a big fanbase to start with aren't safe. Enterprise and Stargate Universe had two franchises behind them full of fans. But too many switched off eventually. Had they not been a Star Trek and Stargate show, they may not have lasted much longer than FlashForward. (or Terra Nova!)

Personally I found FlashForward okay. But it had a mid-season break here in the UK, and I bet a lot of hanging on fans switched off then when they realised they didn't really miss the show when it was off air. That happened to me with The Event. Reached mid-season break, didn't miss the show so didn't watch it when it came back.

I liked the premise behind FlashForward and would probably have watched a second season. But not sure where they were going to go with the show if it got 2 or more seasons.

[–] UglytheClown 12 years ago

Viewers really. Most shows in or around the sci-fi genre tend to be budget heavy, so need good viewing figures to justify the tv comapnies/studios to continue to support a show.
True.

Gameshows and 'talent' contest shows can usually survive with ratings similar to a sci-fi show simply becasue they're much cheaper to make, and thus can continue to justify their continued existence.
Sadly.

Even shows with a big fanbase to start with aren't safe. Enterprise and Stargate Universe had two franchises behind them full of fans. But too many switched off eventually. Had they not been a Star Trek and Stargate show, they may not have lasted much longer than FlashForward. (or Terra Nova!)
Yup.

Personally I found FlashForward okay. But it had a mid-season break here in the UK, and I bet a lot of hanging on fans switched off then when they realised they didn't really miss the show when it was off air. That happened to me with The Event. Reached mid-season break, didn't miss the show so didn't watch it when it came back.
Mid-season breaks suck ass. They should wait longer before airing the start of shows with so many episodes so they're aren't any breaks.

I liked the premise behind FlashForward and would probably have watched a second season. But not sure where they were going to go with the show if it got 2 or more seasons.
It's always hard to image where a show could go after such debut story lines, but Goyer had plans for about 4 seasons worth I think. It was all to be some rich groups idea of wiping out a percentage of the worlds population to cut numbers so that man-kind could deal with

At least the final episode had a cool 4(?) years jump flash forward (maybe they could KICKSTARTER a movie or mini-series starting in the year the show finished in in the flash forward )